A federal judge has removed New York City’s authority over Rikers Island, placing the troubled jail under the control of an outside official. The decision follows years of escalating violence, dysfunction, and the city's failure to implement mandated reforms.
Grei Mendez, former owner of Divino Niño daycare in the Bronx, has been sentenced to 45 years in prison following the fentanyl poisoning death of 22-month-old Nicholas Feliz-Dominici.
New York City Mayor Eric Adams has expressed gratitude to the Trump administration for its intensified efforts against criminal illegal immigrants, attributing a significant decline in migrant arrivals to these actions.
New York City is taking legal action against the Trump administration over the revocation of $80 million in FEMA funding that was initially allocated to house migrants.
New York City residents are preparing for a significant winter storm, with a "polar vortex" expected to bring freezing temperatures and up to six inches of snow starting Sunday, according to meteorologists.
President-elect Donald Trump achieved a historic milestone in the 2024 election, garnering the highest percentage of the Jewish vote for any Republican presidential candidate since 1988. According to WPA Intelligence, citing exit polls from AP/Fox News/NORC, Trump received 32% of the Jewish vote nationally, surpassing his 30% share in 2020 and 24% in 2016. This marks the strongest showing for a Republican among Jewish voters since George H.W. Bush’s 35% in 1988.
A New York Supreme Court judge dismissed New York City’s lawsuit against major energy companies on Tuesday, ruling that the city’s arguments were contradictory.
A federal judge in Vermont sentenced Luis Fernando Barragan-Palacios, 29, to 18 months in prison for smuggling nearly 100 migrants across the Canadian border into the United States. Barragan-Palacios, originally from Oaxaca, Mexico, earned approximately $500,000 from the human smuggling operation over a five-month period. He is expected to be deported upon completing his sentence.
